Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks — Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive officer would be drama-free. “He goes, ‘I never want you to ask what I would have done,’” recalls Cook.

T-Mobile and Apple sign agreement to launch products in 2013 — T-Mobile and Apple have entered an agreement and will be launching products beginning next year. The announcement was posted —nearly as an afterthought, oddly enough — as part of a press release in which Deutsche Telekom spelled out its financial plans through 2015.

Apple, Samsung Back in Court — Companies Battle Over $1.05 Billion Damages From Patent Trial's August Verdict — Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. return to a Silicon Valley courtroom Thursday, as Samsung fights to get a federal judge to throw out or soften a $1.05 billion patent judgment against the Korean company.

Lenovo exec: We didn't realize how big touch would be — Gerry Smith, Lenovo's recently named president of the North America region, tells CNET that the industry underestimated demand for touch on computers. He also says Lenovo will eventually become the top PC vendor in the U.S., not just worldwide.

Inside the IPO pipeline: It's all B2B, all of the time — It's shaping up to be an average year for initial public offerings, with about 125 companies listing shares to date. — But who are the up-and-comers in the technology industry that could break out in 2013 and beyond, and how many of them are there?

Lack of Distribution Is “Killing” Surface — If Microsoft is being coy about revealing Surface sales data, it may be for good reason. Early demand for the company's first tablet is lousy. How lousy? Put it this way: If Microsoft really did manufacture three million to five million Surface tablets …

Guatemala detains software guru McAfee, to expel him to Belize — (Reuters) - Guatemalan police arrested U.S. software guru John McAfee on Wednesday for illegally entering the country and said it would expel him to neighboring Belize, which he fled after being sought for questioning over his neighbor's murder.